Vice Presidential Debates

McCain Flatlines With Women

Martha Burk | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Martha Burk

Weren't we all supposed to rush to McCain/Palin when Hillary folded her tent? After all, Palin wears a skirt and McCain obviously figured we girl voters were too dumb to know the difference.

Palin: Sancho Pander

William Fisher | Posted 11.09.2008 | Media


William Fisher

During this seemingly endless presidential campaign, there's been a ton of criticism of the so-called mainstream media and its alleged fawning love af...

Sarah Palin: A Farce To Be Reckoned With

Tina Dupuy | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Tina Dupuy

In the post-debate, post-partisan, postpartum, postmortem by those that think about stuff, those vilified media types, it was a pretty clear consensus...

Women In Arizona Offended By Palin's Wink

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home


Marlene H. Phillips

I watched the debate in a room full of rowdy, noisy folks last night in Tucson, Arizona. Comments flew across the room, most directed at Sarah Palin: ...

Well-Rehearsed Sarah Still Managed To Scare Me

Brian Ross | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home


Brian Ross

There wasn't much substance coming out of Sarah Palin as she tried her best to avoid answering the questions last night. What did slip out, though, you should truly find frightening.

Jason Linkins

Biden Lowers Boom On McCain: Not A Maverick

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Presented with the contention that John McCain represented a set of "maverick" possibilities in governance, Senator Joe Biden offered up a spirited an...

Palin VP Debate: Voters Doubt Her Readiness

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


ST. LOUIS — Under intense scrutiny, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stood her ground Thursday night against a vastly more exp...

VP Debate Prep: Michigan Governor Granholm Pretending To Be Sarah Palin For Joe Biden

Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


The New York Times has an article on the preparations Senator Joe Biden is taking for his debate tomorrow night with Sarah Palin: One danger for Mr...

Katharine Zaleski

Couric Interview: Palin Repeats Age Swipe At Biden (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


Another day, another chance to see Katie Couric trap Sarah Palin in a rhetorical bind. This time Couric called out Palin for making a joke about Joe B...

Media Must Raise, Not Lower The Bar For Palin For Thursday's Debate

Brian Ross | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home


Brian Ross

Given that Bush has grounded the ship of state on an iceberg turned loose by global warming, the failure to hold Palin up to the same standards as any other vice presidential candidate would be an act of gross irresponsibility.

VP Debate: Biden-Palin Video, Highlights

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


More coverage of the debate in HuffPost's politics section. 10:35 - Sam Stein: An Obama aide summarizes the night's proceeding as such: Palin did a g...

I've Heard This Somewhere Before

Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


Peggy Drexler

Palin sounds a lot like Lauren Caitlin, the Miss Teen America contestant who became a YouTube sensation with her answer to why one fifth of Americans can't identify the U.S. on a world map.